How to Say "purposely" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “purposely” is “deliberadamente” — B2 level.
Examples
Él rompió el juguete deliberadamente porque estaba enojado.
He broke the toy on purpose because he was angry.
La empresa ignoró las advertencias de seguridad deliberadamente.
The company deliberately ignored the safety warnings.
El director eligió un final deliberadamente confuso para la película.
The director chose a deliberately confusing ending for the movie.
Creating '-mente' words
In Spanish, many words that describe 'how' you do something end in '-mente'. You make them by taking the feminine form of an adjective (like 'deliberada') and adding '-mente' to the end.
Where does the accent go?
Even though the word is long, the stress is always on the 'MEN' syllable. If the original adjective had an accent mark (like 'fácil'), the '-mente' version keeps it ('fácilmente'), but 'deliberada' doesn't have one, so 'deliberadamente' doesn't either.
Adjective vs. Adverb
Mistake: “Él es deliberadamente.”
Correction: Él es deliberado.
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